Shahrukh Khan's IPL Bargain!

It was a day of much flurry and activity in Mumbai yesterday, 19th of Jan’10, when the much hyped and glittering IPL auction season 3 of the players took place. This auction which is one strategy used to buy players for the IPL high end cricket league. This is one high defined tournament initiated by the business tycoon Lalit Modi. Shahrukh Khan jointly owns The Kolkata Knight Riders along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta.

Shahrukh Khan and Juhi couldn’t make it to the auction but they were represented by Juhi’s husband Jai Mehta. The KKR team has gone on to buy the Right- Arm Pacer Shane Bond. The Deccan Chargers were also bidding for the same player making it a tie but eventually the KKR team won him over and he was bought for 3.41 crores even though rumours have it that the bidding has gone higher than that which could be as high as $1.3 million US. It seems Shahrukh was a bit skeptical in buying players this time around as he had stated a few days ago. According to reports the criteria most looked into while buying the players was the availability of the player as and when required. Thus, Shahrukh and his team had got the best catch in the bowling segment.

Even though Shahrukh himself was not available for comment his partner and co-owner of the team Jai Mehta said that they would like the game to be popular in non traditional countries also thus making the IPL one of the worlds most followed and popularcricket leagues. Well, whatever be the case if reports are to be believed Shahrukh has made it his responsibility to see that this year his team gives in their best for the prestigious league. Shahrukh has probably got the best bargain available say some experts!